1920er

Einführung des Rundfunk, Langwelle, Mittelwelle
Goldene Zwanziger
25. Oktober 1929: am schwarzen Freitag kommt es zu drastischen Kursverlusten an der New Yorker Börse. Als Folge darauf stürzt die Welt in die Weltwirtschaftskrise

Übersicht: Hits der 1920er

1920

Mamie Smith: Crazy Blues

Charles Harrison: I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time

Jerome Kern: Look for the Silver Lining

Ted Lewis Jazz Band: When My Baby Smiles at Me

Ben Selvin: The Charleston

1921

Ted Snyder: Sheik of Araby

Vaughn De Leath: I'm Just Wild About Harry

Paul Whiteman and Orchestra: Song of India

Van and Schenck: Ain't We Got Fun

1922

Jazzbos Carolina Serenaders: Chicago (That Toddlin Town)

Al Jolson: Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye

Blossom Seeley: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Fats Waller: I Wish I Could Shimmy Like Sister Kate

Van and Schenck: Carolina in the Morning

1923

Louis Prima: Yes! We Have No Bananas!

Ted Snyder: Who's Sorry Now?

Ray Henderson: That Old Gang of Mine

Bessie Smith: Down-Hearted Blues

Bessie Smith: Gulf Coast Blues

1924

Louis Armstrong & Bessie Smith: St. Louis Blues

Paul Whiteman and Orchestra: Indian Love Call

George Gershwin: Fascinatin' Rhythm

Marion Harris: Tea for Two

Benny Goodman: California Here I Come

1925

Art Gillham: I'm Sittin' On Top of the World

Goofus Five: Alabamy Bound

Eddie Cantor: If You Knew Susie Like I Knew Susie

Ethel Waters: Sweet Georgia Brown

Goofus Five: Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Fats Waller: Squeeze Me

1926

Al Jolson: Are You Lonesome Tonight

Duke Ellington: Bye, Bye Blackbird

Jean Goldkette: Tip Toe Through the Tulips

Gertrude Lawrence: Someone to Watch Over Me

1927

Paul Robeson: Old Man River

Fats Waller: The Digah's Stomp

Gene Austin: My Blue Heaven

Henry James Allen Jr.: Swonderful

Johnny Marvin: Me and My Shadow

1928

Cliff Edwards: I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Ben Selvin: You're the Cream in My Coffee

Eddie Cantor: Makin' Whoopee

Helen Kane: I Wanna Be Loved by You

1929

Fred Astaire: Puttin' On the Ritz

Fats Waller & Douglas Watt: Ain't Misbehavin'

Cliff Edwards, The Brox Sisters, Charles King, Gus Edwards, Marie Dressler, Bessie Love, Polly Moran: Singin' in the Rain

Howard Carmichael: Star Dust

1930

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Boogie Woogie

Count Basie: I Got Rhythm

Red Nichols: Embraceable You

Ted Lewis: Sunny Side of the Street

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